Handcrafted lacquer · Hanoi
Notes from the Ha Thai workshop: new collections, international fairs and the stories behind each lacquered surface.
6 · News and stories
Trays are the most-bought piece of lacquerware and the easiest to get wrong. A few questions before buying will find you a tray for daily use rather than one that only sits on a shelf.
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Every fair season the workshop spends a few weeks choosing samples, packing crates and building the stand. This is how we make sure a lacquer tray can tell its own story far from home.
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Natural lacquer does not dry by evaporation but by reacting with moisture in the air. That is why the workshop has a curing room, and why a single piece takes weeks to finish.
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You can now order lacquerware that is finished and in stock at the workshop directly from the Shop section of the site, without going through a quotation.
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Natural lacquer lasts for decades when treated well. A few simple rules about light, heat, water and cleaning keep a piece looking the way it did the day it left the workshop.
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Following one tray across the benches of the Red Door workshop — from raw wooden form, through cloth priming, coats and wet sanding, to the last hand polish.
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